Myocardial perfusion defects detected by cardiopulmonary exercise testing: Role of VE/VCO2 slope in patients with chest pain suspected of coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-471

  Dominguez Rodriguez, Alberto ^a   Abreu Gonzalez, Pedro ^b   Gomez, Maria Angeles ^a   Garcia Baute, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Arroyo Ucar, Eduardo ^a   Avanzas, Pablo ^c   Jimenez Sosa, Alejandro ^a   Lara Padron, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Chest pain; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion defects

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GAS ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINUTE VENTILATION CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTION LINEAR REGRESSION SLOPE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION DEFECT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84857788989     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.063     Document Type: Article

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